Bold and brave, daring and true, black at heart just like you. Shadow's daughter and Evil's son in this universe become one.

The words were said. The sacrifice was made.

As the Shadowpool glowed, and began to reflect the dark-hearted cats, it seemed the whole Dark Forest bent to watch.

And it was exactly what they wanted. But they did not see the cracks that let the light seep through. The cats of that world saw them all, though, and did away with them...

All but one.

Daybreak

From the moment she opened her eyes, she knew she was different.

Jadepool, her mother, knew this too. She was just like her daughter. Instead of a black heart like the rest of TigerClan and all of BloodClan, her heart was light itself, and she passed all she knew to her sole kit.

But Jadepool knew one day she would pay. And that day would come sooner if she did not tell her daughter how to cover the light inside of her, a light that grew brighter every day.

So she taught her the practices she had loathed as an apprentice, and watched as her daughter grew into a fine warrior. Daybreak.

And she was everything valued by the Clans- dark at heart, vicious, and ruthless in her "desire" to kill.

Only Jadepool knew it was a facáde.

But she knew she was done for when Crimsonslash, the Queen Assassin, told her to kill her own daughter.

For that was how those Clans worked- you made a blood sacrifice of your own kin to the Dark Forest, just to show your loyalty.

And Jadepool refused to kill Daybreak. How could she do away with her own daughter?

So Crimsonslash killed her, making sure to do it slowly so that Jadepool would feel the agony.

And as Jadepool's blood seeped into the smelly, muddy earth, she made one final wish.

Let my daughter stay alive. I saw the light inside her when she was just a kit, and I see it now, even in the shadows of a thousand bloody hearts. Please let that light shine. Because I know she will save us all.

And with this plead to StarClan, the Shunned Cats, she died.

But her prayer remained, and StarClan, faded as they were, used the last of their power to create one final prophecy.

The day will break the darkness, and the sun shall rise again.